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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiromasa Tamaki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thermoelectric power generation system includes a first flow path for a first fluid, a second flow path for a second fluid, a temperature of the second fluid being lower than a temperature of the first fluid, a thermoelectric module between the first flow path and the second flow path, and a controller configured to switch between a power generation mode and a heating mode. In the power generation mode, the thermoelectric module is caused to generate electric power, based on a difference between the temperature of the first fluid and the temperature of the second fluid. In the heating mode, a first surface of the thermoelectric module is heated using a Peltier effect caused by supplying electric power to the thermoelectric module. A distance between the first surface and the first flow path is shorter than a distance between the first surface and the second flow path.